Cress 🏴 🌻
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Done! Messy but will keep all those holes from getting bigger at least! #mending #visiblemigration
Done! Messy but will keep all those holes from getting bigger at least! #mending #visiblemigration
Holes… #mending
These pyjama bottoms are super comfortable but getting threadbare and holey. The stretchiness in them has also snagged so much they now drag on the floor! I was originally going to cut off that excess at the ankles and use it to patch the holes, but I decided as I like them so much to use that fabric instead to give the a POCKETS upgrade and do visible embroidery on the holes instead - stars probably. #mending #pockets.
Let’s see how this goes.
Pocket patter shapes pinned together out of offcut fabric of the earlier pyjama bottoms, it’s purple with pink and white stars.
A close up of a hole and running tear in purple pyjamas bottoms with star decoration.
A shot from the knees downwards of purple pyjama bottoms with white and pink stars on them. They drag over the feet and onto the floor
There are quite a lot of holes - non zero chance that I miss one! #mending
These pyjama bottoms are super comfortable but getting threadbare and holey. The stretchiness in them has also snagged so much they now drag on the floor! I was originally going to cut off that excess at the ankles and use it to patch the holes, but I decided as I like them so much to use that fabric instead to give the a POCKETS upgrade and do visible embroidery on the holes instead - stars probably. #mending #pockets.
Let’s see how this goes.
Pocket patter shapes pinned together out of offcut fabric of the earlier pyjama bottoms, it’s purple with pink and white stars.
A close up of a hole and running tear in purple pyjamas bottoms with star decoration.
A shot from the knees downwards of purple pyjama bottoms with white and pink stars on them. They drag over the feet and onto the floor
Jón Grétar
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#Helsinki #MutualAid #mending #help
If you need a fix for your beloved belongings, I’ll mend socks, sew holes, shorten garments to the right length, and more.
In exchange, I accept vegan food — fruits, veggies, grains, and other plant‑based goodies. Food stores' gift cards are also ok.
You text me, drop off your items on Leppävaara or Myyrmäki and I’ll have them ready for you soon.
Hand over your worn‑out items for repair, and you’ll be supporting a disabled non‑binary migrant who’s been let down by Kela.
#Helsinki #MutualAid #mending #help
If you need a fix for your beloved belongings, I’ll mend socks, sew holes, shorten garments to the right length, and more.
In exchange, I accept vegan food — fruits, veggies, grains, and other plant‑based goodies. Food stores' gift cards are also ok.
You text me, drop off your items on Leppävaara or Myyrmäki and I’ll have them ready for you soon.
Hand over your worn‑out items for repair, and you’ll be supporting a disabled non‑binary migrant who’s been let down by Kela.
jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
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@jaz #telleveryone the diy community is equal to none. The emphasis on repair, the #sewing #mending #visiblemending people, the #solarpunk vibe. People take initiatives, ambitious or tiny.
👋 If you can see this toot you are on the #Fediverse enjoying #BetterSocialMedia
How flippin' awesome is that!?
In one or two sentences, tell me one thing that stands out for you personally, one of the reasons you enjoy being here.
And if you're ok with me using your answer in promotional material to get more people here, add the tag #TellEveryone 📢
@jaz #telleveryone the diy community is equal to none. The emphasis on repair, the #sewing #mending #visiblemending people, the #solarpunk vibe. People take initiatives, ambitious or tiny.
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]
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On very much a related note, if you're ever about to do some mending on your clothes, or take them to get mended, like in a repair cafe or one of those pop-up things?
WASH your to be mended textiles in an almost empty washing machine to get rid of both whatever human particles are on there, but potentially decades of lint that really wants to live inside all the seams and folds of the thing! Your sewist will thank you!
On very much a related note, if you're ever about to do some mending on your clothes, or take them to get mended, like in a repair cafe or one of those pop-up things?
WASH your to be mended textiles in an almost empty washing machine to get rid of both whatever human particles are on there, but potentially decades of lint that really wants to live inside all the seams and folds of the thing! Your sewist will thank you!
Trying to put the laundry away into the ironing bin so I can get it off the drying line, so I can put some more laundry to go, so of course I notice one old petticoat having a torn seam, so now I have to set up the sewing machine so I can quickly mend that, but the seam has lint on it so I'd also prefer to brush that off first... Ah, it is never ending.
All of my respect for the laundresses and such of the past, doing this shit all day every day!
Jess Mahler
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I also did another small repair on the jeanshorts of Loa's. I love how perfect this became. I'm getting more control of my stitches I think?
Edit: Wow this took off! Thank you everyone ❤️
I also did another small repair on the jeanshorts of Loa's. I love how perfect this became. I'm getting more control of my stitches I think?
Edit: Wow this took off! Thank you everyone ❤️
Finished it all today, with some small breaks. And this is why I need to get more #Embroidery floss soon. Visible mending. 😅
While I only needed to mend a small part I decided to do it all along the edge for future strengthening!
Oh, I also got to practice how to switch thread 2 times, and make it secure and I think I did pretty good, I made some doubles on the top but it looks quite neat.
The very edge where I switched from one thread to another, basically I slid in hidden thread, doubled one stitch and back threaded across the top the old thread to secure it. The new one binds itself in immediately. It's only double thread for 2 stitches on the top.
A quarter of the heating pad, showing of the green blanket stich all the way around the red edge of the otherwise white pad.
Closeup of where I've used a yellow tacking thread together with a fabric glue stick for attaching the edging and stitching it in place so it doesn't move around when mending. Both washes out, and this heatpad is washable
Start of mending, Green embroidery floss with blanket stitches around the edge of my heatpad, which has a red edging that needs to be repaired as some of the stitches had started to break
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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#StitchIt, Don’t ditch it: Resisting #FastFashion through #VisibleMending
Kaja Šeruga
Fri, June 13, 2025
"Once a month between April and October, a group of stitchers takes to the streets of #EdinburghScotland, making themselves comfortable on camping chairs decorated with hand-embroidered banners inviting people to #stitchitdontditchit. Equipped with sewing baskets and mending skills, they repair their garments in public and teach interested passers-by how to do the same.
"The #EdinburghStreetStitchers, as they call themselves, are part of a growing movement that is reclaiming the ancient art of mending. Historically, mending was done in private and in ways that concealed, rather than announced, the repair. Choosing instead to mend visibly—whether through the color of the stitching or by doing it in a public location—is a statement and a conversation starter, Reasons to be Cheerful says.
" 'You are clearly stating that you have kept this from a #landfill,' says Kate Sekules, a mender who teaches fashion history at the Pratt Institute in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn, and is pursuing a PhD in the history and theory of mending. 'It’s also got the advantage of making everything you own unique and special. And when you’ve invested time and energy and thought and craft into your clothing, you value it so much more.'
"Inspired by the global #StreetStitching movement, the former pharmacist Mary Morton started the #Edinburgh group in 2022, three years after a discussion with her son sent her down a rabbit hole of research and learning about the #ClimateCrisis. 'At the end of all of that, I was absolutely horrified. I thought, ‘What can I do about it?' she recalls.
"Volunteering at the #SHRUBCooperative, which is working to reduce waste in Edinburgh, she learned about the high carbon impact of textiles—producing a kilogram of fabric releases 23 kilograms of greenhouse gases on average. 'I’ve always done a bit of sewing, so I thought teaching people how to sew and repair their garments was something I could do to help,' says Morton. She started teaching sewing at the cooperative’s #ZeroWaste Hub, but quickly realized she was preaching to the choir. 'I wanted to do something to reach out to the broader community and make them aware of the situation,' she says.
"The term 'fast fashion' was coined by the New York Times in 1989 to describe Zara’s business model, which turned a designer’s idea into a garment available to consumers in only 15 days. Today’s ultra-fast fashion retailers have further accelerated the pace of production: #Shein, for example, has created 52 micro-seasons per year and adds up to 10,000 items to its website each day. With plummeting prices and a rising throwaway culture, by 2014, people were buying 60 percent more clothes than at the turn of the millennium, and keeping them for only half as long.
"Today the fashion industry is responsible for 92 million metric tons of #TextileWaste annually, and the dyeing and finishing of textiles causes 20 percent of industrial #WaterPollution. Due to energy-intensive production and long supply chains, the apparel industry is responsible for eight percent to 10 percent of global #CarbonEmissions—more than aviation and shipping combined.
"The quiet, simple act of mending can go a long way toward reducing these impacts: According to research by the climate action NGO WRAP, 82 percent of repaired garments prevent the purchase of a new one, and extending the life of an item of clothing by only nine months reduces its carbon, water and waste footprint by a total of 20 percent to 30 percent.
" 'One of the other big benefits is to #NormalizeMending again,' says Morton. For most of human history, textiles were time-consuming to produce and expensive to buy, so mending them was second nature, says Sekules. Repairs were often visible out of necessity, since matching thread to existing fabric was a costly and often impossible proposition. One of the oldest extant examples of visible mending is a 2,000-year-old Egyptian tunic in the Whitworth Geller’s collection in Manchester, England, though the practice is far older than that. Over millennia people across the world developed their own distinct techniques of darning, embroidery and appliqué, using colorful patches or designs to hide holes and stains. 'It was made to seem deliberate, because it was a shameful sign of poverty to look as if you’ve been mended,' says Sekules.
"As mending fell out of favor in Europe and the U.S. in the late 20th century, the skills associated with it were also lost over time. 'As far as we can tell it used to be passed down the maternal line since time immemorial,' says Sekules. 'Then we forgot about it—culturally, it was just no longer a skillset we needed.'
"In recent years a growing opposition to fast fashion has coalesced under the umbrella of #SlowFashion, a movement championing quality over quantity and responsible use of resources. 'People are becoming more aware that the way we produce is harmful to people and the environment,' says Sam Bennett, maker, researcher and one-half of the duo behind Repair Shop, which takes mending commissions and offers online and in-person mending workshops. 'It’s a smaller, quieter form of #activism that I think is really exciting.'
"The resurgence of mending coincided with early Instagram, with visible mending especially well-suited to such a visual medium, and menders like Celia Pym and Tom van Deijnen started to document their mends on the platform in 2014. 'Those posts and popularity then allowed for people to create public workshops, publish books and so on,' says Bennett, who is working on a timeline documenting how mending skills have been passed on over the past 300 years. Much of the skill-sharing has also moved to virtual spaces, which makes it accessible to anyone with an internet connection. But while they serve their purpose, online workshops don’t have quite the same magic, says Bennett: 'It really started with community and sitting side by side with someone. And I think that in the end, that is still the most successful way to learn.'
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/stitch-don-rsquo-t-ditch-153005359.html
#SolarPunkSunday#VisibleRepair#VisibleMending#Mending#FiberArts#Crafting #DIY #MakeAndMend#RepairDontBuy#ResistFastFashion #BuildingCommunity
#StitchIt, Don’t ditch it: Resisting #FastFashion through #VisibleMending
Kaja Šeruga
Fri, June 13, 2025
"Once a month between April and October, a group of stitchers takes to the streets of #EdinburghScotland, making themselves comfortable on camping chairs decorated with hand-embroidered banners inviting people to #stitchitdontditchit. Equipped with sewing baskets and mending skills, they repair their garments in public and teach interested passers-by how to do the same.
"The #EdinburghStreetStitchers, as they call themselves, are part of a growing movement that is reclaiming the ancient art of mending. Historically, mending was done in private and in ways that concealed, rather than announced, the repair. Choosing instead to mend visibly—whether through the color of the stitching or by doing it in a public location—is a statement and a conversation starter, Reasons to be Cheerful says.
" 'You are clearly stating that you have kept this from a #landfill,' says Kate Sekules, a mender who teaches fashion history at the Pratt Institute in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn, and is pursuing a PhD in the history and theory of mending. 'It’s also got the advantage of making everything you own unique and special. And when you’ve invested time and energy and thought and craft into your clothing, you value it so much more.'
"Inspired by the global #StreetStitching movement, the former pharmacist Mary Morton started the #Edinburgh group in 2022, three years after a discussion with her son sent her down a rabbit hole of research and learning about the #ClimateCrisis. 'At the end of all of that, I was absolutely horrified. I thought, ‘What can I do about it?' she recalls.
"Volunteering at the #SHRUBCooperative, which is working to reduce waste in Edinburgh, she learned about the high carbon impact of textiles—producing a kilogram of fabric releases 23 kilograms of greenhouse gases on average. 'I’ve always done a bit of sewing, so I thought teaching people how to sew and repair their garments was something I could do to help,' says Morton. She started teaching sewing at the cooperative’s #ZeroWaste Hub, but quickly realized she was preaching to the choir. 'I wanted to do something to reach out to the broader community and make them aware of the situation,' she says.
"The term 'fast fashion' was coined by the New York Times in 1989 to describe Zara’s business model, which turned a designer’s idea into a garment available to consumers in only 15 days. Today’s ultra-fast fashion retailers have further accelerated the pace of production: #Shein, for example, has created 52 micro-seasons per year and adds up to 10,000 items to its website each day. With plummeting prices and a rising throwaway culture, by 2014, people were buying 60 percent more clothes than at the turn of the millennium, and keeping them for only half as long.
"Today the fashion industry is responsible for 92 million metric tons of #TextileWaste annually, and the dyeing and finishing of textiles causes 20 percent of industrial #WaterPollution. Due to energy-intensive production and long supply chains, the apparel industry is responsible for eight percent to 10 percent of global #CarbonEmissions—more than aviation and shipping combined.
"The quiet, simple act of mending can go a long way toward reducing these impacts: According to research by the climate action NGO WRAP, 82 percent of repaired garments prevent the purchase of a new one, and extending the life of an item of clothing by only nine months reduces its carbon, water and waste footprint by a total of 20 percent to 30 percent.
" 'One of the other big benefits is to #NormalizeMending again,' says Morton. For most of human history, textiles were time-consuming to produce and expensive to buy, so mending them was second nature, says Sekules. Repairs were often visible out of necessity, since matching thread to existing fabric was a costly and often impossible proposition. One of the oldest extant examples of visible mending is a 2,000-year-old Egyptian tunic in the Whitworth Geller’s collection in Manchester, England, though the practice is far older than that. Over millennia people across the world developed their own distinct techniques of darning, embroidery and appliqué, using colorful patches or designs to hide holes and stains. 'It was made to seem deliberate, because it was a shameful sign of poverty to look as if you’ve been mended,' says Sekules.
"As mending fell out of favor in Europe and the U.S. in the late 20th century, the skills associated with it were also lost over time. 'As far as we can tell it used to be passed down the maternal line since time immemorial,' says Sekules. 'Then we forgot about it—culturally, it was just no longer a skillset we needed.'
"In recent years a growing opposition to fast fashion has coalesced under the umbrella of #SlowFashion, a movement championing quality over quantity and responsible use of resources. 'People are becoming more aware that the way we produce is harmful to people and the environment,' says Sam Bennett, maker, researcher and one-half of the duo behind Repair Shop, which takes mending commissions and offers online and in-person mending workshops. 'It’s a smaller, quieter form of #activism that I think is really exciting.'
"The resurgence of mending coincided with early Instagram, with visible mending especially well-suited to such a visual medium, and menders like Celia Pym and Tom van Deijnen started to document their mends on the platform in 2014. 'Those posts and popularity then allowed for people to create public workshops, publish books and so on,' says Bennett, who is working on a timeline documenting how mending skills have been passed on over the past 300 years. Much of the skill-sharing has also moved to virtual spaces, which makes it accessible to anyone with an internet connection. But while they serve their purpose, online workshops don’t have quite the same magic, says Bennett: 'It really started with community and sitting side by side with someone. And I think that in the end, that is still the most successful way to learn.'
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/stitch-don-rsquo-t-ditch-153005359.html
#SolarPunkSunday#VisibleRepair#VisibleMending#Mending#FiberArts#Crafting #DIY #MakeAndMend#RepairDontBuy#ResistFastFashion #BuildingCommunity
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